I'm going to write something out.. Let's say this was a monologue. Or maybe I just made it up. Maybe it’s the script for a screenplay I’ve been working on. You be the judge.

EXT: THREE GUYS, JUST SHOOTING THE SH*T ON A MEDIA SOUNDSTAGE

GUY 1:

I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said,

this is genius.

Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine - of Ukraine - Putin declares it as independent.

Oh, that's wonderful!

I said, how smart is that? And he's gonna go in and be a peacekeeper.

That's the strongest peace force...We could use that on our southern border!

That's the strongest peace force I've ever seen!

There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace all right.

STILL GUY 1: 

No, but think of it.

Here’s a guy who’s very savvy. But here’s a guy that says, you know, 'I’m gonna declare a big portion of Ukraine independent,' he used the word 'independent' and 'we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace.' 

You gotta say that’s pretty savvy.

(END SCENE)

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You gotta say, that’s pretty savvy, right? If I had a time machine I’m sure we’d overhear someone say, “That Hitler’s a bad egg, but he sure showed the Sudentenland a thing or two!”

If you know this isn’t a draft of my new screenplay and you know that's Trump talking to a lunatic podcast, what more do you need? 

That man is the leading candidate for the 2024 GOP nomination, and he runs the party from the grassroots to Washington DC. Only today’s Republicans would support a man who praises a Russian strongman for invading a neighboring democracy. 

We have to make sure he and his mob never, ever win power again.

-Rick